Patents by Inventor Fabien Gaben

Fabien Gaben has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10577709
    Abstract: Process for deposition of a dense thin film comprising at least one material Px on a substrate, in which: (a) a colloidal suspension is procured containing nanoparticles of at least one material Px, (b) said substrate is immersed in said colloidal suspension, jointly with a counter electrode, (c) an electrical voltage is applied between said substrate and said counter electrode so as to obtain the electrophoretic deposition of a compact film comprising nanoparticles of said at least one material Px on said substrate, (d) said compact film is dried, (e) said film is mechanically consolidated, (f) thermal consolidation is carried out at a temperature TR that does not exceed 0.7 times (and preferably does not exceed 0.5 times) the melting or decomposition temperature (expressed in ° C.) of the material Px that melts at the lowest temperature, preferably at a temperature of between 160° C. and 600° C., and even more preferably at a temperature of between 160° C. and 400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventors: Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin, Fabien Gaben
  • Patent number: 10454092
    Abstract: A method for producing an all-solid multilayer battery, and an all-solid multilayer battery. The all-solid multilayer battery may be produced by depositing, by electrophoresis without any binder, at least one anode layer, at least one electrolyte layer, and at least one cathode layer. The at least one electrolyte layer, and the at least one cathode layer are obtained from a colloidal suspension containing nanoparticles that are not agglomerated with each other to create clusters and remain isolated from each other. A layer of Ms bonding material is then deposited on a surface of the at least one electrolyte layer. Next, two layers from the at least one dense anode layer, the at least one dense electrolyte layer, and the at least one dense cathode layer, are stacked face-to-face to obtain the all-solid multilayer battery having an assembly of a plurality of elementary cells connected with one another in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventor: Fabien Gaben
  • Patent number: 10340548
    Abstract: Process for the fabrication of a solid electrolyte thin film for an all-solid state Li-ion battery comprising steps to: a) Procure a possibly conducting substrate film, possibly coated with an anode or cathode film, b) Deposit an electrolyte thin film by electrophoresis, from a suspension of particles of electrolyte material, on said substrate and/or said previously formed anode or cathode film, c) Dry the film thus obtained, d) Consolidate the electrolyte thin film obtained in the previous step by mechanical compression and/or heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin
  • Patent number: 10340555
    Abstract: Process for fabrication of all-solid-state thin film batteries, said batteries comprising a film of anode materials (anode film), a film of solid electrolyte materials (electrolyte film) and a film of cathode materials (cathode film) in electrical contact with a cathode collector, characterized in that: a first electrode film (cathode or anode) is deposited by electrophoresis on a conducting substrate or a substrate with at least one conducting zone, said substrate or said at least one conducting zone possibly being used as a collector of said electrode current (anode or cathode current) of the micro-battery, the electrolyte film is deposited by electrophoresis on said first electrode film, a second electrode film (anode or cathode) is deposited on the electrolyte film either by electrophoresis or by a vacuum deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20190173129
    Abstract: A process for fabrication of a battery that includes providing a colloidal suspension of particles conducting lithium ions and providing two conducting substrates as battery current collectors, at least one surface of the conducting substrates being at least partially coated with one of a cathode film and an anode film, and depositing an electrolyte film by electrophoresis, from a suspension of electrolyte material particles, on at least one of said anode film, said cathode film and said conducting substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Fabien GABEN, Frédéric BOUYER, Bruno VUILLEMIN
  • Publication number: 20190036172
    Abstract: Process for fabrication of all-solid-state thin film batteries, said batteries comprising a film of anode materials, a film of solid electrolyte materials and a film of cathode materials, in which: each of these three films is deposited using an electrophoresis process, the anode film and the cathode film are each deposited on a conducting substrate, preferably a thin metal sheet or band, or a metalized insulating sheet or band or film, said conducting substrates or their conducting elements being useable as battery current collectors, the electrolyte film is deposited on the anode and/or cathode film, and in which said process also comprises at least one step in which said sheets or bands are stacked so as to form at least one battery with a “collector/anode/electrolyte/cathode/collector” type of stacked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Fabien GABEN, Frédéric BOUYER, Bruno VUILLEMIN
  • Publication number: 20190036152
    Abstract: Process for fabrication of all-solid-state thin film batteries, said batteries comprising a film of anode materials, a film of solid electrolyte materials and a film of cathode materials, in which: each of these three films is deposited using an electrophoresis process, the anode film and the cathode film are each deposited on a conducting substrate, preferably a thin metal sheet or band, or a metalized insulating sheet or band or film, said conducting substrates or their conducting elements being useable as battery current collectors, the electrolyte film is deposited on the anode and/or cathode film, and in which said process also comprises at least one step in which said sheets or bands are stacked so as to form at least one battery with a “collector/anode/electrolyte/cathode/collector” type of stacked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Fabien GABEN, Frédéric BOUYER, Bruno VUILLEMIN
  • Publication number: 20180375151
    Abstract: An electrode film of an all-solid-state battery, an all-solid-state battery, and an electrode of an all-solid-state battery, which are fabricated by a process that includes thermally consolidating an electrode film by sintering at a temperature that does not exceed a predetermined threshold of a lowest melting temperature between an anode material and an cathode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Fabien GABEN, Cédric WEISS, Claire SORRIANO
  • Patent number: 10047451
    Abstract: A process for fabrication of all-solid-state thin film batteries, may include batteries including a film of anode materials, a film of solid electrolyte materials and a film of cathode materials. Each of these three films may be deposited using an electrophoresis process. The anode film and the cathode film may each be deposited on a conducting substrate, preferably a thin metal sheet or band, or a metalized insulating sheet or band or film. The conducting substrates or their conducting elements may be useable as battery current collectors, the electrolyte film may be deposited on the anode and/or cathode film. The process may also include stacking the sheets or bands so as to form at least one battery with a “collector/anode/electrolyte/cathode/collector” type of stacked structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20180108904
    Abstract: An electrode film of an all-solid-state battery, an all-solid-state battery, and an electrode of an all-solid-state battery, which are fabricated by a process that includes thermally consolidating an electrode film by sintering at a temperature that does not exceed a predetermined threshold of a lowest melting temperature between an anode material and an cathode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Fabien GABEN, Frédéric BOUYER, Bruno VUILLEMIN
  • Patent number: 9755272
    Abstract: An all-inorganic, all-solid-state monolithic Li-ion battery, the monolithic body having a plurality of elementary cells, and which is produced by producing dense electrode deposits directly on the two faces of a substrate acting as a battery current collector, and by depositing an all-solid-state dense electrolyte layer on at least one of the dense electrode deposits obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventor: Fabien Gaben
  • Publication number: 20170162911
    Abstract: An all-solid battery including a solid electrolyte made of a cross-linked polymer material, and which has good mechanical resistance and superior ionic conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Fabien GABEN
  • Publication number: 20170162860
    Abstract: All-solid thin-layer batteries having materials used for electrolyte layers are stable in contact with anodes and cathodes in order to improve the operation and lifetime of the batteries. The materials used for the electrolyte layers do not enable the formation of metallic lithium precipitates, or internal resistance at the interfaces with the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Fabien GABEN
  • Patent number: 9660252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fabrication of an electrode film in an all-solid-state battery comprising successive steps to: a) Procure a substrate, preferably a conducting substrate, b) Deposit an electrode film on said substrate by electrophoresis, from a suspension containing particles of electrode materials, c) Dry the film obtained in the previous step, d) Thermal consolidation of the electrode film obtained in the previous step by sintering, sintering being done at a temperature TR that preferably does not exceed 0.7 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.), even more preferably does not exceed 0.5 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.), and much more preferably does not exceed 0.3 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.) of the electrode material that melts at the lowest temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: I-TEN
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20170133711
    Abstract: A process for producing all-solid, thin-layer batteries that do not lead to the appearance of phases at the interface between electrolyte layers to be assembled. Such a process for producing a battery may occur at low temperature without causing inter-diffusion phenomena at the interfaces with the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Fabien GABEN
  • Publication number: 20160013513
    Abstract: An all-inorganic, all-solid-state monolithic Li-ion battery, the monolithic body having a plurality of elementary cells, and which is produced by producing dense electrode deposits directly on the two faces of a substrate acting as a battery current collector, and by depositing an all-solid-state dense electrolyte layer on at least one of the dense electrode deposits obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Fabien GABEN
  • Publication number: 20150333376
    Abstract: Lithium ion batteries, and all-solid-state lithium ion batteries, and a method for manufacturing such batteries. The all-solid batteries include a multilayer structure having at least one layer containing anode materials (“anode layer”), at least one layer containing solid electrolyte materials (“electrolyte layer”), and at least one layer containing cathode materials (“cathode layer”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Fabien GABEN
  • Publication number: 20150104713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for fabrication of an electrode film in an all-solid-state battery comprising successive steps to: a) Procure a substrate, preferably a conducting substrate, b) Deposit an electrode film on said substrate by electrophoresis, from a suspension containing particles of electrode materials, c) Dry the film obtained in the previous step, d) Thermal consolidation of the electrode film obtained in the previous step by sintering, sintering being done at a temperature TR that preferably does not exceed 0.7 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.), even more preferably does not exceed 0.5 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.), and much more preferably does not exceed 0.3 times the melting temperature (expressed in ° C.) of the electrode material that melts at the lowest temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: I-TEN
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin
  • Publication number: 20140339085
    Abstract: Process for deposition of a dense thin film comprising at least one material Px on a substrate, in which: (a) a colloidal suspension is procured containing nanoparticles of at least one material Px, (b) said substrate is immersed in said colloidal suspension, jointly with a counter electrode, (c) an electrical voltage is applied between said substrate and said counter electrode so as to obtain the electrophoretic deposition of a compact film comprising nanoparticles of said at least one material Px on said substrate, (d) said compact film is dried, (e) said film is mechanically consolidated, (f) thermal consolidation is carried out at a temperature TR that does not exceed 0.7 times (and preferably does not exceed 0.5 times) the melting or decomposition temperature (expressed in ° C.) of the material Px that melts at the lowest temperature, preferably at a temperature of between 160° C. and 600° C., and even more preferably at a temperature of between 160° C. and 400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin, Fabien Gaben
  • Publication number: 20140308570
    Abstract: Process for fabrication of all-solid-state thin film batteries, said batteries comprising a film of anode materials (anode film), a film of solid electrolyte materials (electrolyte film) and a film of cathode materials (cathode film) in electrical contact with a cathode collector, characterized in that: a first electrode film (cathode or anode) is deposited by electrophoresis on a conducting substrate or a substrate with at least one conducting zone, said substrate or said at least one conducting zone possibly being used as a collector of said electrode current (anode or cathode current) of the micro-battery, the electrolyte film is deposited by electrophoresis on said first electrode film, a second electrode film (anode or cathode) is deposited on the electrolyte film either by electrophoresis or by a vacuum deposition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Fabien Gaben, Frédéric Bouyer, Bruno Vuillemin